Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s second sapper unit for United Nations peacekeeping operations stepped out at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defense in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Society

-- Authorities in Nha Trang City under Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam said on Tuesday that they have imposed a VND2 million (US$85) fine on a street hawker, who had been filmed pouring leftover broth from a bowl eaten by a customer into a stock pot supposedly for reselling.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved a plan to increase Vietnam’s rates of clean water use in urban areas to 95 percent and in rural areas to 65 percent by 2025.

-- A survey conducted on 3,480 minors by the psychology faculty of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education showed that 37.04 percent of the participants are at risk of self-destruction.

Education

-- About 2.45 million people enrolled in vocational schools across Vietnam in 2022, exceeding the year’s target by 17 percent, according to the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs.

Business

-- Vietnam imported about 1,000 metric tons of gold from 1991 to 2012, of which 800 metric tons was consumed in Ho Chi Minh City, the Saigon Jewellery Association said at a conference on Tuesday afternoon.

-- Vietnam’s aquatic exports are projected to hit $11 billion in 2022, the Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said at a conference on Tuesday afternoon.

Lifestyle 

-- The Sa Dec City Tourism Week and the 2023 Spring Flower Festival are scheduled to take place in Sa Dec City, located in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, from January 6 to 13, authorities announced at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

-- A recent study by the U.K. luxury holiday company Destination2 rounded up naming Nha Trang beach in Khanh Hoa Province and Vung Tau beach in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province among the 10 most popular beach destinations in the world, according to the Vietnam Government Portal.

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